Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Thompson Hine LLP

Technology area: Communications

113 pending office actions • 35 clients • 108 examiners • 59 art units • 9 of 113 (8%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=5530 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.2%
Allowance Rate
n=5530
+0.71σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5530
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=3542
-0.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3542
982 days
Time to Allowance
n=3542
+7.6pp
Interview Lift
n=5530
24.3%
RCE Rate
n=5530
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=5530

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

89.1%
§101 Overcome
n=494
85.3%
§102 Overcome
n=1747
85.6%
§103 Overcome
n=2548
87.1%
§112 Overcome
n=1548

Specialization & Scale

H10D, H01L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5530
19
Practitioners
n=5530
291.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=5530

Portfolio Summary

113
Total Pending OAs
69
Non-Final OAs
42
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

59
Hard (52%)
53
Medium (47%)
1
Easy (1%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other7 (6%)
§103 only50 (44%)
§102 only1 (1%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other2 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)51 (45%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

4
Life Sciences
4% of docket
14
Information Tech
12% of docket
25
Communications
22% of docket
10
Semiconductors
9% of docket
27
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
33
Business / Other
29% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

1,130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
226 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
396 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
9.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUYNH, LINDA TANG 3 38.4% +31.2%
ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 2 77.8% +15.1%
LIU, GORDON G 2 82.9% +14.8%
SHIH, HAOSHIAN 2 69.6% +20.4%
FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA 1 69.9% +11.0%
MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 1 81.7% +10.3%
HODGE, LINDA J 1 87.5% +27.3%
ELAHI, TOWFIQ 1 79.7% +14.4%
WILSON, DOUGLAS M 1 75.3% +14.7%
SITTA, GRANT 1 72.4% +13.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18794365 USER PERCEIVED FORWARD DETERMINATION BASED ON DETECTED HEAD CENTER LIU, GORDON G 10d overdue
19350452 CAPPING MACHINE WITH AUTOMATIC TORQUE CONTROL HODGE, LINDA J —
18921174 HUMAN MOTION UNDERSTANDING USING STATE SPACE MODELS LIU, GORDON G —

Hard Cases (59)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18966808 CONTEXTUAL SPACES AND FOCUS MODES EARLES, BRYAN E 44d overdue
18410601 CURSOR TRANSPORT HUYNH, LINDA TANG 26d overdue
18228713 FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS WITH A GATE DIELECTRIC LAYER FORMED ON A SURFACE TREATED BY ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING NICELY, JOSEPH C 15d overdue
19224830 Maintaining User Representation Appearance during Device Removal EDWARDS, MARK 5d overdue
18834688 LABELLING MACHINE WITH A FOOTBOARD DODDS, SCOTT 3d overdue
18079116 COMPUTERIZED DISRUPTION HANDLING IN AN ENVIRONMENT GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2d overdue
18391132 LIVE PEER-TO-PEER VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MACHINE INTELLIGENCE KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 5d
18673833 OPTIMIZATION FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITIES TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 8d

Interview Candidates (15)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18410601 CURSOR TRANSPORT HUYNH, LINDA TANG 26d overdue
18794365 USER PERCEIVED FORWARD DETERMINATION BASED ON DETECTED HEAD CENTER LIU, GORDON G 10d overdue
18777747 BACK BAR REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 26d
19400529 LABEL PRINTER AND ASSOCIATED LABEL CUTTER AND CUTTER BLADE FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA —
19369916 NOZZLE FOR FILLING VALVE ASSEMBLY MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS —
19350452 CAPPING MACHINE WITH AUTOMATIC TORQUE CONTROL HODGE, LINDA J —
19336323 CASCADING APPROACH TO DETECTING AND INTERPRETING USER ACTIVITY ELAHI, TOWFIQ —
19333996 Hand and Gaze-Based Interactions with an External Device's Display WILSON, DOUGLAS M —

Client Portfolio (35 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26114
37634
26253
37243
36373
21723
28532
37532
26222
36752

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19400529 LABEL PRINTER AND ASSOCIATED LABEL CUTTER AND CUTTER BLADE Illinois Tool Works Inc. FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2025
19369916 NOZZLE FOR FILLING VALVE ASSEMBLY Fogg Filler Company, LLC MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2025
19350452 CAPPING MACHINE WITH AUTOMATIC TORQUE CONTROL Njm Packaging Inc. HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2025
19336323 CASCADING APPROACH TO DETECTING AND INTERPRETING USER ACTIVITY Apple Inc. ELAHI, TOWFIQ 2625 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 22, 2025
19333996 Hand and Gaze-Based Interactions with an External Device's Display Apple Inc. WILSON, DOUGLAS M 2622 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2025
19328334 INPUT RECOGNITION BASED ON DISTINGUISHING DIRECT AND INDIRECT USER INTERACTIONS Apple Inc. SITTA, GRANT 2622 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2025
19305042 SENSOR SELECTION FOR PLANE DETECTION Apple Inc. HARRIS, DOROTHY H 2625 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2025
19292228 INTERACTION EVENTS BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO ILLUMINATION Apple Inc. SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 2628 §102§103DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 06, 2025
19143046 PROTECTIVE GARMENT WITH EXPANDABLE SHOULDER PORTIONS Lion Group, Inc. PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2025
19224830 Maintaining User Representation Appearance during Device Removal Apple Inc. EDWARDS, MARK 2624 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue AI Ready Jun 01, 2025
19198397 Dynamic Token Generation On Eyesight Display With Photoplethysmography Apple Inc. LIU, ZHE §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2025
19194844 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR REDUCING LED DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS Media Resources Inc. LIN, HANG 2626 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Apr 30, 2025
19189449 Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion for Camera Focus Adjustments Apple Inc. TRUONG, NGUYEN H 2623 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2025
19179613 VIRTUAL ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS IN A 3D ENVIRONMENT Apple Inc. CHEN, YU §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2025
19088096 IDENTIFICATION AUTHENTICATION AND DATA QUALIFICATION Flexpath Dxp, LLC CRIBBS, MALCOLM §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19086692 VISUAL CONTENT PRESENTATION WITH VIEWER POSITION-BASED AUDIO Apple Inc. BRINEY III, WALTER F §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19082767 PALLET AND PALLET SYSTEM Packaging Concepts & Design, LLC ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2025
19055979 ACOUSTIC SIMULATION BASED ON ACOUSTIC SCATTERING Apple Inc. TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19054969 ORCHESTRATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT MANAGEMENT Cayosoft, Inc. SKWIERAWSKI, PAUL J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2025
19048272 FOOD PRODUCT SLICER AND ASSOCIATED GAUGE PLATE PLANE ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY Illinois Tool Works Inc. MICHALSKI, SEAN M §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19048263 FOOD PRODUCT SLICER AND ASSOCIATED SHARPENER ASSEMBLY Illinois Tool Works Inc. DO, NHAT CHIEU Q §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19045641 CONTEXTUAL INTERFACES FOR 3D ENVIRONMENTS Apple Inc. WELCH, DAVID T §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2025
19021835 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR GENERATING CUSTOM MESHES TO RENDER CONTENT DURING CONFLICT OCCURRENCES Apple Inc. LIU, ZHENGXI §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
18983743 LOCATION-BASED VIRTUAL ELEMENT MODALITY IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT Apple Inc. NGUYEN, PHONG X §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18982706 STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING ULTRASOUND TREATMENT Brainsonix Corporation DAVIS, AMELIE R 3798 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18980560 GLINT-BASED GAZE TRACKING USING DIRECTIONAL LIGHT SOURCES Apple Inc. PINKNEY, DAWAYNE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18975238 SEAL ASSEMBLY Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc. STEFANON, JUSTIN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18974153 TRASH CAN OR PLANTER POT ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED SPEAKER AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE Jme & Co. Nyc, LLC HUBER, PAUL W 2691 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18966808 CONTEXTUAL SPACES AND FOCUS MODES Apple Inc. EARLES, BRYAN E 2625 §102§103 Final Rejection 44d overdue AI Ready Dec 03, 2024
18871245 FLEXIBLE REFERENTIAL DATA STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Prisidio Inc. ALAM, HOSAIN T 2156 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18869496 LOCKING BAR ARRANGEMENT Emka Beschlagteile GmbH & Co. Kg LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18869537 ROD-CONTROLLED LOCKING MECHANISM Emka Beschlagteile GmbH & Co. Kg IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 3675 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18951840 SELECTIVE ACTIVATION DURING COHERENCE-BASED EYE TRACKING Apple Inc. HALEY, JOSEPH R §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18947541 LOCALIZATION BASED ON FLICKERING OF LIGHT WITHIN A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT Apple Inc. LEE, JAI M §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18864150 DEVICES FOR APPLYING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY WITH PRISMATIC BEAM STEERING Solta Medical Ireland Limited WILSON, PAISLEY L §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18931135 RENDERING OF A GUEST USER'S FACE FOR EXTERNAL DISPLAY Apple Inc. DEMETER, HILINA K §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18927393 FOOD PRODUCT SLICER AND SLICER SYSTEM Illinois Tool Works Inc. MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18921174 HUMAN MOTION UNDERSTANDING USING STATE SPACE MODELS Apple Inc. LIU, GORDON G 2618 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18918718 WAREWASH RACK SYSTEM AND WAREWASHER WITH ASSOCIATED WAREWASH RACK SYSTEM Illinois Tool Works Inc. CHAN, KO HUNG 3631 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18910335 USER INTERACTION INTERPRETER Apple Inc. SHIH, HAOSHIAN DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18906850 FOOD PRODUCT SLICER AND ASSOCIATED GAUGE PLATE SLIDE ASSEMBLY Illinois Tool Works Inc. CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 3724 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18853483 BALANCED DIFFERENTIAL MODULATION SCHEMES FOR SILICON PHOTONIC MODULATORS Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18852733 PHOTOVOLAIC MODULE WITH AN ALTERNATIVE ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE BACK SHEET AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Toledo Solar Inc. GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18898809 APPLICATION CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN 3D ENVIRONMENTS Apple Inc. ULRICH, NICHOLAS S §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18850440 DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Amadeus S.A.S. SALEHI, HELAI 2433 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18884298 Creative Control for Environment Lighting Effects in Video Presentation Apple Inc. AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN 2611 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18883108 DISPLAYING APPLICATIONS IN 3D WITHIN AN EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENT Apple Inc. USSERY, CAIDEN ALEXANDER 2611 §103 Final Rejection 23d AI Ready Sep 12, 2024
18826434 ENVIRONMENT-MODELING BASED CAMERA ADAPTATION FOR PASSTHROUGH EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEMS Apple Inc. THOMPSON, JAMES A 2615 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18840666 MEASURING STATION Degould Limited CHILTON, CLARA GRACE §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18807283 SHARED EVENT RECORDING AND RENDERING Apple Inc. GUO, XILIN 2616 §103 Final Rejection 19d AI Ready Aug 16, 2024
18807357 CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BULK PRODUCT WEIGHING SYSTEM Illinois Tool Works Inc. FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18807418 REFRIGERATED DEVICE WITH DOOR OPEN SENSOR FAULT IDENTIFICATION Illinois Tool Works Inc. SHAIKH, MERAJ A 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18807408 ROLLER PINCH GRIPPING DEVICE Quest Industrial LLC SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18799521 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE AND AIR CURTAIN ATTACHMENT Illinois Tool Works Inc. TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 3763 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18794365 USER PERCEIVED FORWARD DETERMINATION BASED ON DETECTED HEAD CENTER Apple Inc. LIU, GORDON G 2618 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue AI Ready Aug 05, 2024
18834688 LABELLING MACHINE WITH A FOOTBOARD P.E. Labellers S.p.A. DODDS, SCOTT 1746 §102§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18790194 USER INTERFACE RESPONSE BASED ON GAZE-HOLDING EVENT ASSESSMENT Apple Inc. NGUYEN, CAO H §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18785792 SPRING LOADED SPOOL SYSTEM Ljb Inc. MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 3634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18777667 AIR DUCT FOR A REFRIGERATOR Illinois Tool Works Inc. DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 3763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18777747 BACK BAR REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Illinois Tool Works Inc. ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 3637 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 19, 2024
18777758 REFRIGERATOR Illinois Tool Works Inc. SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18777674 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Illinois Tool Works Inc. WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 3637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18728155 A CAVITY-ENHANCED WAVEGUIDE PHOTODETECTOR Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. PEACE, RHONDA S §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18760288 VISUAL TECHNIQUES FOR 3D CONTENT Apple Inc. CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 2617 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2024
18750302 Data Firewall for Enterprise Use of LLM Systems Plurilock Security Solutions Inc. ARYAL, AAYUSH 2435 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18739904 HOUSE NUMBER MOUNTING SYSTEM The Hillman Group, Inc. LEWIS, JUSTIN V 3637 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 11, 2024
18676786 Input Recognition in 3D Environments Apple Inc. SHIH, HAOSHIAN 2179 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2024
18677779 SMOOTH VIDEO/IMAGE SIGNAL COMPRESSION Apple Inc. ZHAI, KYLE 2611 §103 Final Rejection — AI Ready May 29, 2024
18673833 OPTIMIZATION FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITIES Amadeus S.A.S. TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 3628 §101 Final Rejection 8d Pending May 24, 2024
18671161 FOOD PRODUCT SLICER WITH GAUGE PLATE POSITION IDENTIFICATION Illinois Tool Works Inc. MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 22, 2024
18640428 Data Enrichment System Amadeus S.A.S. TIV, BACKHEAN 2459 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18702583 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRING A PIVOTABLE TROLLEY POLE Kiepe Electric GmbH LIN, CHENG XI §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18700321 SPHERE BRAKING SYSTEM WITH SLIDE-IN BRAKE PADS Lewis Designs, LLC BURCH, MELODY M §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18625963 DAMPING DEVICE FOR REDUCING AND IN PARTICULAR BRAKING A MOVEMENT OF A SECOND COMPONENT MOVABLE RELATIVE TO A FIRST COMPONENT Illinois Tool Works Inc. IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW 3616 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18620321 AIRFLOW ROUTING SYSTEM FOR NON-CIRCULAR ITEM TRANSPORT SYSTEM Pace Packaging LLC SMITH, JACOB A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18609426 Photodiodes X-Fab Global Services GmbH PETERSON, ERIK T 4100 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2024
18603348 STRUCTURES INCLUDING AN ISOTOPICALLY-DEPLETED SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. JAHAN, BILKIS 2817 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18600050 FLOW CONTROL RISER WITHIN A STORMWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM Contech Engineered Solutions LLC PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY 1779 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18686590 SERVO VALVE A.U.K. Müller GmbH & Co. Kg BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18582757 REPRESENTING FLAT SURFACES IN POINT-BASED REPRESENTATIONS OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS Apple Inc. ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 2614 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18410601 CURSOR TRANSPORT Apple Inc. HUYNH, LINDA TANG 2172 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2024
18408226 FOOD MIXING MACHINE WITH ACCESSORY AND BOWL IDENTIFICATION AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL FUNCTIONS Illinois Tool Works Inc. SORKIN, DAVID L §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18391132 LIVE PEER-TO-PEER VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MACHINE INTELLIGENCE Apple Inc. KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 2694 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d AI Ready Dec 20, 2023
18390248 ENHANCED MEDITATION EXPERIENCE BASED ON BIO-FEEDBACK Apple Inc. REDDY, SUNITA §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18568688 BATTERY CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Illinois Tool Works Inc. SAVAGE, WILLIAM FADDOUL §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18528886 DYNAMIC SELECTION OF ALGORITHMS Amadeus S.A.S. PATEL, DIPEN M 3621 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18521149 HEATED MIST GENERATOR, STEAM GENERATOR AND RELATED METHODS Illinois Tool Works Inc. SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H 3761 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18509591 SWITCHING MEMORY ELEMENTS ACCESSED BY HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. CHOI, CALVIN Y 2812 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18501602 PHOTODETECTORS WITH A NOTCHED LIGHT-ABSORBING LAYER Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. CHU, CHRIS H 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18386086 IMAGE-BASED DETECTION OF SURFACES THAT PROVIDE SPECULAR REFLECTIONS AND REFLECTION MODIFICATION Apple Inc. MAHROUKA, WASSIM 2665 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18380399 ENVIRONMENT SHARING Apple Inc. COFINO, JONATHAN M 2614 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 16, 2023
18475346 CONVEYOR WAREWASHER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONVEYOR WAREWASHER Illinois Tool Works Inc. ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 1711 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18373498 ANKLE SYSTEM FOR USE WITH PROSTHETIC FOOT STRUCTURE Willowwood Global LLC PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18283235 PREDICTIVE ALLOCATION OF NODES IN A QUEUE Amadeus S.A.S. BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 3624 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18367036 Convergence During 3D Gesture-Based User Interface Element Movement Apple Inc. HUYNH, LINDA TANG 2172 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18278481 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT Apple Inc. AGUILERA, TODD 2193 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2023
18232868 RESISTIVE MEMORY ELEMENTS WITH A MULTIPLE-MATERIAL ELECTRODE Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18228713 FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS WITH A GATE DIELECTRIC LAYER FORMED ON A SURFACE TREATED BY ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. NICELY, JOSEPH C 2813 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18227415 TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES Retarus GmbH NANO, SARGON N 2443 §101§103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18215371 VARIABLE AUDIO FOR AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT Apple Inc. CHOWDHURY, NIGAR 2484 §103Other Final Rejection — AI Ready Jun 28, 2023
18205591 Merged 3D Spaces During Communication Sessions Apple Inc. COCHRAN, BRIANNA RENAE 2615 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2023
18202357 Generation of 3D Room Plans With 2D Shapes and 3D Primitives Apple Inc. CHEN, BIAO 2611 §103§112 Final Rejection — AI Ready May 26, 2023
18201563 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED POWER LINE DIAMETER MEASUREMENT Linebird, Inc. MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2023
18200683 PHOTODETECTORS WITH ONE OR MORE CONFINING FEATURES Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending May 23, 2023
18140175 Multi-Device Content Handoff Based on Source Device Position Apple Inc. GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA 2619 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 27, 2023
18157383 TAG HOLDING CASSETTE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN ENGRAVING MACHINES The Hillman Group, Inc. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 20, 2023
18080893 OFF-GRID ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM Ravolt LLC PAN, YUHUI R 2116 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
18079116 COMPUTERIZED DISRUPTION HANDLING IN AN ENVIRONMENT Amadeus S.A.S. GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2186 §101§103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
17974823 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICES Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 27, 2022
17953903 CONDUCTIVE HUMAN INTERFACES Willowwood Global LLC ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL 3794 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 27, 2022
17864499 COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED DEVICES WITH STRESS-REDUCTION FEATURES Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW 2898 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 14, 2022
17742674 AUGMENTED DEVICES Apple Inc. HUYNH, LINDA TANG 2172 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2022
17572730 Forensics Analysis for Malicious Insider Attack Attribution based on Activity Monitoring and Behavioral Biometrics Profiling Plurilock Security Solutions Inc. CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T 2431 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 11, 2022

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